[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Morning All,
> > >
> > > I've a relatively minor problem that has been giving me a headache for
> > > several days. I know there are many other ways to do this, however I'd
> > > like to know why this isn't working. The snippet of code in question
> > > is as follows
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > > if($ARGV[2] =~ /port/i && $ARGV[3] =~ /nick/i)
> > > {
> > > <snip>
> > >
> >
> > And what is your command line?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
> > Shawn
> >
> > "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing
> > them."
> > Aristotle
>
> I ought clarify.
>
> It's not a problem with the command line, or anything like that, it's
> a problem with if/conditional statement Perl simply wouldn't compile/
> run the script. Take for example this alternative: -
>
> hopesprings# cat > test.pl
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> $test = "cheese";
> $test_two = "ontoast";
>
> if($test =~ /^che/i)
> {
> print "$test contains che\n";
> }
> if($test =~ /che/i || $test_two =~ /toast/i)
> {
> print "Test two contains toast and test contains che\n");
> }
>
> hopesprings# ./test.pl
> syntax error at ./test.pl line 12, near ""Test two contains toast and
> test contains che\n")"
> Execution of ./test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
That was moronic of me, using or instead of and. However, that's
another problem I was having. I have tried permutations of ||, && and
now AND. i.e.
if($test =~ /che/i && $test_two =~ /toast/i)
if($test =~ /che/i || $test_two =~ /toast/i)
if($test =~ /che/i AND $test_two =~ /toast/i)
None work.
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